MaineHousing gives 5 affordable housing projects a $6.8 million boost

Projects in Portland, South Portland, Waterville and Bangor will create or preserve 275 affordable housing units, says the housing authority.

Habitat for Humanity offers discounted home repair service

The service is available to low-income homeowners in Cumberland County

Sale of student lodging house in Bayside triggers backlash

Affordable housing activists say hundreds of low-cost Portland units will be lost and want the city to step in. The developer plans traditional apartments, but at workforce housing prices and says he’ll help anyone who’s displaced.

Kicked out of Portland shelter, family pitches a tent, struggles with homelessness

As Maine experiences a surge in homeless students, Ashley Livingston and her family struggle to find housing and get ready for the new school year.

A return to days of old: Portland developers pitch boardinghouses as affordable housing

Confronting a shortage of low-rent apartments and expensive construction, they embrace a time-tested option.

Our View: A city’s plan to turnaround a neighborhood

Lewiston is taking on crushing poverty, and other Maine communities should take notice.

Buyers not biting on Portland’s first ‘affordable’ housing unit

Changes to tax code would have negative effect on housing projects

R. White: Stop pointing fingers

Veterans housing project to offer more than roof in Lewiston